The word dollar is much older than the American unit of currency. It is an Anglicised form of thaler, (pronounced taler, with a long a), the name given to coins first minted in 1519 from locally mined silver in Joachimsthal in Bohemia.ollars in Shakespeare. Interesting examples of the use of the word dollar in Britain long before the creation of the United States-in fact the English colonisation of North America had scarcely begun-can be found in two of Shakespeare's plays.
Opinion 2016 Presidential Election George W. Bush al gore. This article first appeared on The Daily Signal. In the 2016 presidential election, one candidate is warning about voter fraud, while another proclaims Russians are interfering. Itâs not the first time contenders have alleged some form of a âriggedâ election. Tuesday in the Rose Garden, President Barack Obama dismissed concerns of fraud.
The United States presidential election of 1788â89 was the first quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Monday, December 15, 1788 to Saturday, January 10, 1789. It was the first presidential election in the United States of America under the new United States Constitution, which was adopted on September 17, 1787, and the only election ever to take place partially in a year that is not a multiple of four.